A 500W speaker?
Speakers are different: they don't put out 500W constantly, and a lot of that energy is converted to a mechanical action.
Processors and other electronics can put out a fair amount of power, and even with peaks, will produce a significant amount of heat.
Bill's on the right track. Zalman ought to have concentrated on eliminating the heatpipes, but that would have made for a really odd shaped heatsink.
I still say that they ought to have concentrated their efforts on silencing a fan. A few padded baffles (muffler style) ought to do it.
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